The Strategic Triangle That Is Changing The World

While the world continues to decipher, or digest, the new Trump presidency, important changes are afoot within the grand strategic triangle that lies between Russia, Iran and China

Away from the current chaos in the United States, major
developments are progressing, with Iran, Russia and China coordinating
on a series of significant moves crucial for the future of the Eurasian
continent. With a population of more than five billion people,
constituting about two-thirds of the Earth's population, the future of
humanity passes through this immense area. Signaling a major change from
a unipolar world order based on Europe and the United States to a
multipolar world steered by China, Russia and Iran, these Eurasian
states are carving out a leading role in the development of the vast
continent. As part of the challenges faced by these leading multipolar
countries, the disruptive events originating in the post-WWII
Euro-Atlantic world order will need to be tackled.

Looking at major projects within the Eurasian continent, one thing
that stands out is the role of China, Russia and Iran in different areas
under their influence. The One Belt, One Road project proposed by
Beijing (investments of around one trillion dollars over the next ten
years); the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) advanced by Moscow to
integrate the former Soviet republics of Central Asia; and Iran's role
in Middle East aiming to bring stability and prosperity to the region -
all are central to Eurasian development. Of course, being multipolar,
all these projects fully converge, requiring concerted and joint
development for the overall success of the Eurasian continent.

In this sense, the areas of greatest turmoil include areas
that fall under the sphere of influence of these leading Eurasian
states. The main concentrations of upheaval can be easily
identified in the Middle East and North Africa, not to mention the area
of ??the Persian Gulf, where Saudi Arabia's criminal war against Yemen
has now continued unabated for the past 24 months.

Islamic terrorism, a source for cooperation.

The common source of instability for the Eurasian continent
stems from Islamic terrorism, deployed as an instrument of division and
conflict. In this sense, the Saudi and Turkish role in
nurturing and spreading Wahhabism as well as the Muslim Brotherhood
means that they are directly opposed to the stability of the Chinese,
Russian and Iranian sphere. With the full financial support of China,
and military support of Russia, Tehran’s role in the region
unsurprisingly becomes decisive. Iran is the country in which
Sino-Russian influence is manifested at all levels in the region and
beyond. The deterioration of the military situation in Syria has
nevertheless obliged Moscow to intervene militarily in support of Syria,
a key regional ally of Iran, but also provided a perfect way to counter
Saudi-Turkish influence in the region. The growing Shia crescent
linking Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon is vital for retaining the
influence of a multipolar world in the region. Washington has thus far
been able to dictate matters through the actions of Saudi Arabia and
Turkey, its regional cat’s paws, whose interests often align with that
of Zionist elements, neoconservative and Wahhabi, that exist within the
US deep state. Of course, Washington seeks to preserve the unipolar
world order through its regional allies, aiming to remain the ultimate
arbiter of Middle Eastern affairs, an area reverberating with
instability from the Persian Gulf to North Africa.